A mechanistic study of an evolving plant-herbivore metapopulation in controlled and anthropogenic environments

Eco-evolutionary dynamics in spatially structured systems

Biodiversity and the functioning of dune-dike Nature Based Solutions for coastal protection

Bridging Biodiversity and Beekeeping: Exploring the impact of the Yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina) in Flanders

Doctoral project Adriana Alzate Vallejo

Doctoral project Bethelehem Fufa Waktola

Doctoral project Bram Sercu

Doctoral project Catharina van Noordwijk

Doctoral project Céline Ghyselen

Doctoral project Chrisoph Meier

Doctoral project Frederik Mortier

Doctoral project Garben Logghe

Doctoral project Helena Van De Velde

Doctoral project Irene van Schrojenstein Lantman

Doctoral project Jasmijn Hillaert

Doctoral project Jeroen Boeye

Doctoral project Karen Bisschop

Doctoral project Katrien Van Petegem

Doctoral project Kris Decleer

Doctoral project Peihua Zhang

Doctoral project Stefano Masier

Doctoral project Steven Goossens

Eco-evolutionary dynamics of a plant-herbivore interactions

Forecasting dune development by the study of plant-sand feedbacks

Functionality and diversity of termites in Miombe forest

Implementation of eDNA metabarcoding as an innovative tool for biomonitoring fish communities in lotic waters

Quantifying the impact of the spatial configuration of marram grass on dune biodiversity

Spatial ecology, gene flow and conservation of the digger wasp

The demography of an amphibian in peril

An eco-evolutionary perspective on the invasion dynamics of polyploids

Causes of toad declines in Flanders

Evaluating the quality of urban ecological corridors with multisource remote sensing and social sensing data

Impact of agricultural contaminants on a declining emblematic species, the common toad (Bufo bufo)

Molecular-genetic mechanisms of reproductive symbiosis in arthropods

Molecular-genetic mechanisms of Wolbachia symbiosis in haplodiploids

Molecular mechanisms that underpin evolving plant-herbivore metapopulations

The spatial ecology of polyploids as inferred from mechanistic and phenomical models

An eco-evolutionary network of biotic interactions

An eco-evolutionary network of biotic interactions.

BOF-ZAP professorship in ecology

Connectivity conservation of arthropods under global warming

Dealing with the heat and a changed prey composition: urban adaptation in the garden spider

Demonstration of Dune-Dike hybrid blue-grey Nature-based Solutions

Eco-evolutionary impact of endosymbionts on the dispersal behaviour of their host

Ensuring Dune Resilience against Climate Change

Evolutionary ecology of two arthropods in populations at range expanding margins

Forecasting dune development and its functioning as a nature-based solutions for coastal protection

HELICITY: Evolution of correlated traits in response to city life: helicid snails as windows on the consequences of urban history

How does loss of enemies alter the evolution of plant defenses? A field experimental test across three study systems

Impact of plant- pollinator interactions on the selection of breeding systems, floral traits and plant performance in a spatially structured habitat

Implementation of eDNA metabarcoding as an innovative tool for biomonitoring fish communities in lotic waters

Individual heterogeneity in dispersal as a driver of spatial ecological dynamics

Insect herbivores and predators/ parasitoids in the Eucalyptus

Insect herbivory and dispersal plasticity in a wind-dispersed plant fromheterogeneous landscapes

Linking pathology with ecology to preserve commonness of a declining emblematic species, the common toad (Bufo bufo)

Mechanisms and constraints for insect conservation in calcareous grasslands

Myrmecophile metacommunities: integrating dispersal and food web interactions into spatial food web networks

Myrmecophile metacommunities: integrating dispersal and food web interactions into spatial food web networks

Plant-pollinator and plant-soil interactions in houndstongue: biotic selection mosaics in a plant species from spatially structured dune habitat?

Plant-sand interactions in coastal dunes for the design of nature-based solutions

Restoration of healthland on former arable land: the importance of soil biota for aboveground ecological functioning and consequences for the host plant

Scaling up functional biodiversity research: from individuals to landscapes and back.

Sustainable use of sand in nature-based solutions - SUSANA

Testing the contribution of plant-soil biotic interactions to the homogenization of forest understorey plant communities

The eco-evolutionary drivers of the Wolbachia pandemic in garden spider mites

The ecological value of Dune-Dike Nature based Solutions: from patterns to processes

The evolution of phenotypic plasticity in host tolerance and its implications for foodweb structure

The evolution of phenotypic plasticity in host tolerance and its implications for foodweb structure

The grain size of light penetration in forests and the evolution of timing

The grain size of light penetration in forests and the evolution of timing

The influence of endosymbionts on the evolution of dispersal in arachnids

The interplay of conditional movement and size specific ecology for eco-evolutionary dynamics of spatial populations

 The spatial and community-context of ecological specialisation.    

The spatial and community context of the evolution of ecological specialization

The spatial ecology of a highly endangered host-parasite interaction

A new sediment bed system for the Coastal & Ocean Basin (COB), to enhance its testing capabilities for offshore renewable energy, offshore and coastal engineering, aquaculture and nature-based solutions.

Dissecting the molecular-genetic mechanisms that shape a host-symbiont conflict

Do polyploid phenotypes facilitate their establishment: temporary existence or consistent persistence

Engineering sustainable marine ecosystems for environmental and human health

Scaling up functional biodiversity research: from individuals to landscapes and back.

Size, metabolism and resource allocation as drivers of polyploid success

Study on the impact of sand replenishment on the ecosystem

The functional significance of the diversity in leaf-out phenology of forest trees for understorey plant communities

BOF-ZAP professorship in ecology

Mechanistic studies of dispersal by arthropods, with particular attention to aeronautical dispersion at spinning.